On Tue, August 28, 2007 5:28 am, Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote: > Justin Mason wrote: >> John Fleming writes: >>> When I run sa-update, I have recently started to get this error >>> which >>> terminates the update run: >>> >>> [17894] dbg: channel: attempting channel updates.spamassassin.org >>> [17894] dbg: channel: update directory >>> /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org >>> [17894] dbg: channel: channel cf file >>> /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org.cf >>> [17894] dbg: channel: channel pre file >>> /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org.pre >>> [17894] dbg: channel: metadata version = 555165 >>> can't resolve "wa9als.com" to address at >>> /usr/lib/perl5/Net/DNS/Resolver/Base.pm line 751. >>> >>> I've looked at that line in Base.pm, but I have no idea what might >>> be going >>> on. Can someone help point me in the right direction? As they >>> say, "It >>> used to work." >> >> Interesting! Could you open a bugzilla entry about this? also, >> attach the contents of /etc/resolv.conf. > > Don't bother with the bugzilla entry. Net::DNS will give you this > error > if you try to use a hostname in your /etc/resolv.conf file rather than > a > name server IP as you should. > > In fact, I can reproduce this: > > [13973] dbg: channel: attempting channel updates.spamassassin.org > [13973] dbg: channel: update directory > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002002/updates_spamassassin_org > [13973] dbg: channel: channel cf file > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002002/updates_spamassassin_org.cf > [13973] dbg: channel: channel pre file > /var/lib/spamassassin/3.002002/updates_spamassassin_org.pre > can't resolve "wa9als.com" to address at > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Net/DNS/Resolver/Base.pm > line 751. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf > nameserver wa9als.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ > > > Daryl >
Yup, that was it - domain name in resolv.conf instead of IP. But... It used to work, and I wish I understood what changed. No Bugzilla filed. THANKS A BUNCH for the answer! - John
